Florida 2014 Election Results

Florida held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 139 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans kept their trifecta and, by taking 6 House seats from Democrats, built a two-thirds House majority, enough to override a gubernatorial veto; their 26-14 Senate majority did not change.
• Gov. Rick Scott (R) beat Charlie Crist (D), the onetime Republican governor who switched parties, by about a point. The two campaigns spent a combined $150 million, mostly on negative TV ads, and Scott's winning share was the smallest since 1916. Adrian Wyllie (L) took nearly 4 percent.
• The three Republican Cabinet members on the ballot each won another term by at least 13 points: Attorney General Pam Bondi (R), Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam (R), and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater (R).
• Each flip unseated a Democratic incumbent. House Democrats elected in 2012 went down to defeat, especially in Central Florida, and three were in Orange County:
  • Rene Plasencia (R) beat Joe Saunders (D) by about 700 votes in House District 49.
  • Bob Cortes (R) beat Karen Castor Dentel (D) by about 1,300 votes in House District 30.
  • Mike Miller (R) beat Linda Stewart (D) in House District 47.
  • Scott Plakon (R) beat Mike Clelland (D) in House District 29.
  • Shawn Harrison (R) beat Mark Danish (D) in House District 63.
  • Chris Sprowls (R) beat Carl Zimmermann (D) in House District 65; he became House speaker in 2020.
• Only Amendment 1 passed, requiring that one third of documentary stamp tax revenue go to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for conservation. Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana, won a majority but fell short of the 60 percent needed, and Amendment 3, on judicial vacancies, failed outright.

Legislature

• House (120 seats): 45 D, 74 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 37 D, 82 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (40 seats): 14 D, 26 R before the election, 14 D, 26 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures